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Baird government wins smattering of victories in council merger battles
A judge has dismissed proceedings brought by councils, but found "defects" in proposed merger reports.
Jacob Saulwick is City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.
A judge has dismissed proceedings brought by councils, but found "defects" in proposed merger reports.
The extra surge in Sydney's population predicted by the NSW government will be concentrated in Canterbury, Parramatta, the Hills, Camden and the inner city.
Sydney has some exemplary places to go for a walk. There's Bondi to Bronte. There's a stroll around The Rocks, or along the Manly foreshore.
Men in their 30s and 40s are increasingly killing themselves and endangering others on NSW roads. This should not be happening.
The defeated Liberal candidate for Sydney lord mayor, Christine Forster, has called for changes to the operation of business voting laws in the city to make it less complicated for company directors to be enrolled.
Clover Moore commits to staying on as Sydney lord mayor, declaring her decisive election victory a win for democracy.
One of Mike Baird's first responses to Saturday's local government election results should be to repeal part or all of the hugely expensive, ill-thought out, repugnant to democratic principles, business voting legislation for the City of Sydney.
Tanya Plibersek's younger brother Ray is running for Sutherland Shire Council, where 11 of the current 15 seats are held by the Liberals.
The Liberal candidate for lord mayor of the City of Sydney, Christine Forster, has vowed to take "the fight to Mike Baird" over inner city lockout laws, and push hard to excise Oxford Street from the lockout zone.
More details about a proposed "city deal" to generate jobs and economic opportunity through western Sydney will be available in the new year, says the federal Cities Minister, Angus Taylor.
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